Special Coverage

Mass killer Anders Breivik sentencing - live text coverage

RAPSI hosted a live text coverage of the verdict handed down Friday against confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. The 33-year-old Norwegian has admitted to having killed 77 people by way of twin attacks carried out in Oslo and on nearby Utoya Island on July 22, 2011.

11:30 24.08.2012

Profile: Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik case

While Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to having killed eight people in an Oslo bombing, and having gunned down another 69 at a nearby youth summer camp in 2011, he has refrained from admitting guilt for the crimes that he has been charged with in this connection.

15:00 23.08.2012

Assange's US extradition fiction

As Assange addressed a cheering crowd of devotees surrounding Ecuador’s London embassy Sunday, he devoted much of his first public appearance in the two months that have passed since he sought refuge there to lambasting the US “witch hunt” against WikiLeaks.

10:52 21.08.2012

Profile: the Pussy Riot case

According to advocacy website freepussyriot.org, Pussy Riot is a punk rock collective that formed in October 2011 with the aim of protesting policies unfavorable to such human rights principles as gender equality, democracy, and freedom of expression.

15:20 20.08.2012

Profile: the case against Mixed Martial Arts champ Rasul Mirzayev

Undefeated Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight champion Rasul “Black Tiger” Mirzayev stands accused of having negligently caused the death of 19-year-old student Ivan Agafonov after inflicting grave injuries in a street brawl near Moscow's Garazh night club on August 15, 2011. Mirzayev, a 26-year-old Dagestan native, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

13:05 14.08.2012

Top news

Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022